Persona 5 has really grown on millions of players out there. In fact, our own Matt Hayes treated it like a firstborn at one point, playing it for hours on end. And now, thanks to the Japanese publication Famitsu, it’s gained enough popularity to be considered the best game ever made.
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Famitsu asked its readers to vote for their favorite game of all time in a recent issue, without any sort of restriction to platform of release date. Some editorial staff and celebrities chimed in as well, but the vote was pretty much unanimous – Persona 5 rules.
According to DualShockers, Persona 5 earned top marks as the most popular game of all time per this audience, followed by Dragon Quest III (with 612 votes) and Splatoon (with 411 votes). NieR: Automata and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild handily rounded out the top five.
The top 40 games in the vote were as follows, and there were some surprising entries:
- Persona 5 – 835
- Dragon Quest III – 612
- Splatoon – 411
- NieR: Automata – 369
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 350
- Final Fantasy VII – 287
- Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony – 257
- Chrono Trigger – 231
- Sakura Wars – 223
- Shenmue – 217
- Danganronpa 1.2 Reload
- Shenmue 2
- Hatsune Miku Project DIVA Future Tone
- Yakuza 0
- Otoca D’Or
- Persona 4: Golden
- Okami
- Xenoblade Chronicles
- Suikoden II
- Final Fantasy XI
- Danganronpa 2
- Danganronpa
- Earthbound
- Dragon Quest V
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Final Fantasy X
- Xenogears
- Monster Retsuden Oreca Battle
- Sonic Adventure 2
- Tactics Ogre
- Fate/Grand Order
- Persona 3
- Super Mario Bros.
- Kingdom Hearts II
- moon
- Hatsune Miku Project Mirai Deluxe
- Dragon Quest X
- Hatsune Miku Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone
- Final Fantasy XV
- Hatsune Miku Project DIVA X
Famitsu also asked fans to vote for their favorite game system, and, to no one’s surprise, the PlayStation 2 took the top spot with 16 percent of the vote. The PlayStation was in second with 15 percent; the Super Famicom came in third with 11 percent; and the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 rounded out the top five. (The Dreamcast was robbed!)
So there you have it. Persona and PlayStation love all around!
